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In the 35th issue of Kondansha's "Young Magazine", it was announced that the new anime for Shigeno Shuuichi's manga "Initial D" was in production.
The opening pages were that of "Initial D" with the title "New series to get anime adaptation!! Details in the next issue". The next issue will be issues 36 and 37 combined and will be on sale on August 6th.
"Initial D" is a popular manga that started in 1995 and then was adapted to a TV ani

It has been confirmed that Kominami Yasuha's songs "Trash" and "Kibou" will serve as the theme songs for the upcoming animated movie, "Asura" (set to be released on September 29th), and will be released as the singer's first major label single on September 26th with the title "Trash".
Last month, tokyohive reported that the singer's "next new song" would be the theme song for "Asura", as Kominami had not yet made her major debut with the mini-

It was announced on July 23rd that Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke (19) will be starring as Kindaichi Hajime in a special drama episode "Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo (Kindaichi Case Files) - Hongkong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case" (tentative title), to be broadcast in the winter on Nihon TV.
Based on popular manga series "Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo", this special drama episode will be staged in Hongkong. There will be lots of showy action seq

It was announced that anime film "Princess Mononoke", which Studio Ghibli released in 1997, will be getting a stage play adaptation in London.
"Princess Mononoke" was written and directed by Miyazaki Hayao, and it was the first animation film to receive the Best Picture of the Japan Academy Awards.
This adaptation is the collaboration between Studio Ghibli and theater company, Whole Hog Theatre. Reportedly, the plan was already made a coup

Previously, we reported that voice actress/singer Tamura Yukari is set to released her 1st single of 2012 titled "Hohoemi no Plmage" which is being used as the ending theme song to the popular anime movie, ‘Mahou Shojo Lyrical Nanoha THE MOVIE 2nd A’s‘. Tamura voices the heroine, and the movie will be opening in theaters on July 14th.
Tamura is also scheduled to appear on "Anisama in Shanghai 2012 ～Next Stage～" which will be held in Shangha

Last month it was announced that Kishimoto Masashi's manga "NARUTO" would be coming out with its 9th movie "ROAD TO NINJA -NARUTO THE MOVIE-".
Slated for a July 28th release, HMV has decided to collaborate with the film. Starting on July 17th to August 3rd HMV will be hold a "NARUTO" themed campaign in it's stores. Fans can purchase NARUTO related products such as CD "Naruto Greatest Hits!!!" and volume 61 at the store, and those who purc

On the 33rd issue of 'Gekkan Shonen Jump' (released July 14th), it was revealed that Toriyama Akira's popular manga series, 'Dragon Ball', would be getting a new anime film adaptation.
The movie titled 'Dragon Ball Z' will be an original story, and is scheduled for release on March 30th, 2013. Toriyama, who will be involved in writing the script, commented, "While retaining the original atmosphere, I plan on giving it a little bit of a mod

On July 12th, it was revealed that Nishijima Takahiro of the group AAA will be challenging voice-acting for the very first time through the popular anime, "ONE PIECE".
Nishijima - who is a self-professed fan of the series himself - participated enthusiastically in an open recording of the special episode "ONE PIECE Episode of Nami Koukaishi no Namida to Nakama no Kizuna" on the 12th. "I'd love to do it again," he said of the experience. T